Lead financial and commercial aspects of development projects, partnering with the Development Management team and engaging capital partners. This role is crucial for managing commercial, accounting, and compliance outcomes for significant development projects. A keen focus on profit, cost, and cash management, combined with an understanding of property development drivers across residential, commercial, and retail sectors, is essential.

This position also involves supporting finance transformation and Oracle Cloud initiatives, aiming to standardize processes, enhance data quality, strengthen controls, and embed sustainable working practices.

Act as a key business partner to the Development Management team, ensuring robust project commercial and risk management. Responsibilities include supporting transaction activities like sell-downs and disposals, preparing detailed financial analysis for investment committee papers and JV meetings, and performing in-depth debt strategy and project funding analysis.

Key duties involve owning the commercial assessment model with assumption updates, conducting JV business plan analysis and sensitivity modeling, and performing scenario analysis to inform key stakeholders. You will also oversee project statutory submissions, prepare distribution forecasts, and identify pathways to achieve or exceed project budget outcomes. Presenting financial insights at project governance forums is also a core aspect of this role.

A minimum of 10 years of experience in financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, project accounting, or a closely related field is required. Relevant tertiary and post-tertiary qualifications, including CA or CPA, are essential. Experience in development or property, along with familiarity with large ERP packages like Oracle and forecasting software such as Anaplan or advanced Excel models, is highly preferred.

This role requires an early shift start at 5:30 AM and adherence to company policies and accounting standards, particularly in Joint Venture reporting. Responsibilities include providing accurate and timely accounting support to business units, collaborating on process improvements, and resolving financial issues.